The Relationship between the Severity of Essential Needs in Glaser's Theory with Satisfaction of Couple, Mental Health and Psychological Well-being of Married Students of Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Masters

2 Corresponding Author: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan Branch

3 Ph.D., lecturer, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan Branch

4 Associate Professor, Department of Reality Therapy, William Glaser Institute of Australia.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the severity of basic needs in Glaser's theory and satisfaction with couples, mental health and psychological well-being of married students of Islamic Azad University, Hamedan. The statistical population of this study was all married students of Islamic Azad University of Hamadan who were studying in the academic year of 1995-1394. The total number of students is about 14500 people. The sample size is based on the total number of students according to the Morgan 374 table, but since there are not enough students in the field, 250 students are selected in the current study. In this research, Glaser questionnaire 35, Gravitational satisfaction questionnaire, Morpheus satisfaction questionnaire from 110 questionnaire, mental health questionnaire from 28 questions of general health of Goldberg (which is a measure of mental health factors) and psychological well-being from a questionnaire of 84 questions, used. The results of this study indicated that there was a significant relationship between the severity of basic needs in Glaser's theory and satisfaction with pairedness, mental health and psychological well-being of married students at Islamic Azad University, Hamedan. Also, there was a significant relationship between the basic needs in Glaser's theory and dimensions of satisfaction from pairedness, mental health and psychological well-being. It was also found that Glaser's basic needs dimensions with satisfaction from pairedness, mental health and psychological well-being were found to be significant, which only required the freedom to predict the

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